> [1]http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/92004/8BBCF27BFD3362850AA8C1 > 98 > B985D9AD99E3393B.html?query=Losy+guitar > > > This is an interesting Ms with tabs for Mandora (Galichon ?) and > baroque guitar (from F. 48r, 6 courses, from 60v for 5 courses) Some > bibliographical informations mention the name of J. A. Losy (under > publication by Jaroslav Pohanka in 1958).
Merci beaucoup for sharing, Valérie! Would that it could be downloaded as a whole! In modern terms, the ms. is neither for the guitar nor for the mandora, but for archguitar (see http://youtu.be/CNJaYInbbhs), as you can see on p. 48v. The required instrument has 12 (twelve) courses. The headline nevertheless reads: Accordo Cytharræ et Mandoræ. Provided the required instrument existed, this clarifies that there were mandoras with up to 12 courses. Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
